Acute mediastinitis is a low incidence pathology, but it associated with high mortality rate. Iatrogenic lesions are the most common cause of secondary to esophageal perforation. Early diagnosis and surgical treatment important factors in patients this condition. 83-year-old female patient, history left saphenectomy due venous insufficiency difficult intubation two days prior emergency consulta...

Cloned quail melanocytes grown in tissue culture for 8 days or more were injected into 2 1/2-day-old chicken embryos. The pigment cells were placed directly into the somitic lumen by means of an injection micropipette. This technique for introducing marked neural crest cells into host embryos causes far less damage than previous methods which require extirpation and replacement of the neural tu...

We present the case of a 52-year-old male patient, lacking relevant personal antecedents, who came to consultation due to a right latero-cervical mass that had grown slowly over the previous year; in the last few months, there had been neck pain radiating to the upper right arm. Physical examination revealed a 4--5 cm mass with well-defined borders at the level of the right jugulo-carotid chain...

A 10 year-old Iban girl presented with severe odynophagia for 4 days and subcutaneous emphysema. Clinically, her neck was tender with crepitus. Lateral neck radiograph showed multiple linear radiolucent shadows at retropharyngeal space. Flexible nasopharyngolaryngoscope revealed a tunnel behind upper oesophagus with slough and there was pooling of saliva at pyriform sinus. Feeding via nasogastr...

A number of authors have described the advantages of the knee-chest position for operations on lumbar intervertebral discs (Lipton 1950; Taylor, Gleadhill, Bilsland and Murray 1956; Wayne 1967). Wayne listed the advantages as simplicity of positioning, ease of maintenance of good ventilation, avoidance of epidural venous engorgement, excellent exposure of the interlaminar space and decreased ri...

DIAGNOSTIC STANDARDS There is insufficient evidence to support diagnostic standards. GUIDELINES There is insufficient evidence to support diagnostic guidelines. OPTIONS A lateral cervical x-ray is recommended for the diagnosis of atlanto-occipital dislocation. If a radiological method for measurement is used, the basion-axial interval-basion-dental interval method is recommended. The pre...

Introduction The vertebral artery (VA) normally arises from the superoposterior aspect of the first part of the subclavian artery. It enters through the foramen transversarium of the 6th cervical vertebra, then passes upwards through the foramina in the transverse processes of all of the cervical vertebrae above, curves medially behind the lateral mass of the atlas and enters the cranium via th...

Resection of retroperitoneal tumors is usually performed using the anterior retroperitoneal approach. Our report presents an innovative method utilizing a robotic surgical system. A 50-yr-old male patient visited our hospital due to a known paravertebral mass. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a well-encapsulated mass slightly abutting the abdominal aorta and left psoas muscle at the L4-L5 leve...

The relationship between longitudinal and circular muscle tension in the mouse colon and mechanosensory excitatory synaptic input to neurons in the superior mesenteric ganglion (SMG) was investigated in vitro. Electrical activity was recorded intracellularly from SMG neurons, and muscle tension was simultaneously monitored in the longitudinal, circumferential, or both axes. Colonic intraluminal...

Objective To perform a systematic review of the literature evaluating clinical characteristics and management cervical ganglioneuromas (CGNs). Data Sources PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library databases were searched. such as patient demographics, imaging, treatments obtained. Review Methods Pertinent studies downloaded, full text was reviewed by 4 authors (N.P., S.S., C.F., D.T.). Results reported...